Bread-cutter.



No. 870,626. PATENTED NOV. 12, 1907. F. J. HASSELL & R. S. CUNNINGHAM.

BREAD CUTTER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 18. 1901.

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' .3 Frank J. Hnsssll am y? M By as. Cunningham UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK J. HASSELL, OF DALLAS, TEXAS, AND ROY S. CUNNINGHAM, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BREAD-CUTTER.

Our invention has relation to improvements in breadi Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 18. 1907- Serial No. 368.920-

cutters; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in. the claims.

1n the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the cutter; Fig. .2 is a top plan thereof; and Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

The object of our invention is to construct a bread cutter, which is capable of operating upon successive loaves of bread, the machine being provided with I means for first trimming off thecrust on the sides of j frame 3. Secured to the feed-frame 3 is a grated abut- I ment 4 against which the bread loaves B are placed.

Mounted transversely of the frame F is an operatingshaft S having a crank-disk 5 at one end and a balance wheel 6 at the other end, the shaft being provided with I a series of cutter-disks or blades 7 having a sinuous cutting edge, for the cutting oi the loaves. The slide or feed-frame 3 has a lateral platform or extension 3 terminating in an abutment 4, for the support of a loaf longitudinally, such loaf being first introduced betweenthe outer blade 7 adjustably keyed to theshaft "S, and the first blade 7 of the inner series, these two Patented Nov. 12, 1907.

blades iirimming the crust off the sides of the loaf. The position of the blade 7 on the shaft is determined of course by the thickness of the loaf, and it is made adjustable to accommodate different sizes of loaves.

When once adjusted it is clamped into position by the binding screw 8. The loaves with their sides thus trimmed, are arranged on the slide 3 in front of the abutment 4, and the slide pushed downward and forward, the operator with one hand turning the shaft and blades and cutting the bread into slices. At the lower end of the frame F, is a rod 9 mounted between the brackets 10, and over the rod 9 are loosely mounted the yielding prongs or members 11 between whose free outwardly flaring ends the cut slices pass. By seizing the prongs and compressing them against the opposite ends of the assembled sections or slices thus advanced, the entire series may be picked up as by a pair 0 tongs, and disposed of in any manner. a Having described our invention what we claim is:

1. A bread cutter comprising a supporting frame, a

slide or feed-frame mounted thereon, an abutment on the slide against which the bread loaves may bear, a transverse shaft having a series of cutter disks, a lateral extension or platform formed on the slide for supporting a loaf longitudinally, a terminal adjustable blade on the shaft between which and the first blade of the inner'series said loaf can be inserted and its sides trimmed, the parts operating substantially asset forth.

2. A bread cutter comprising a supporting frame, a slide or feed-frame, means for supporting bread loaves on said slide both transversely and longitudinally, means for trimming the loaves when supported in their longitudinal positions, and for slicing them while occupying'a transverse position across the frame, and means mounted with frame for seizing the slices collectively at the conclusion of the cutting operation, substantially as set forth.

' In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures, in presence ot two witnesses.

FRANK .T. HASSEL L.

. ROY S. CUNNINGHAM.

Witnesses for Frank J. Hassell: A. E. FIRMIN,

WILL A. HAssmLL, Sr.

, Witnesses for Roy S. Cunningham:

W. C. Kmnmnn, H. G. Momma. 

